April 23, 2013, 6:40PM

A truck carrying a steel-reinforced concrete I beam overturned Tuesday, crushing another car and sparking a fire. The collision is expected to keep Interstate 5 North shut down for hours. Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian

April 23, 2013, 6:40PM

A truck carrying a steel-reinforced concrete I beam overturned Tuesday, crushing another car and sparking a fire. The collision is expected to keep Interstate 5 North shut down for hours. Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian

April 23, 2013, 6:40PM

A truck carrying a steel-reinforced concrete I beam overturned Tuesday, crushing another car and sparking a fire. The collision is expected to keep Interstate 5 North shut down for hours. Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian

April 23, 2013, 6:40PM

A truck carrying a steel-reinforced concrete I beam overturned Tuesday, crushing another car and sparking a fire. The collision is expected to keep Interstate 5 North shut down for hours. Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian

December 06, 2011, 7:11PM

Several drivers called 9-1-1 about 5:15 p.m. and said the woman parked her car on the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 and jumped over the railing of the bridge's lower deck, officials said. Full story »

July 12, 2011, 6:00AM

The Marquam Bridge usually scores low in the beauty department when seen from down along the Willamette river, but it's not so bad when viewed from above, at the upper landing station for the Portland Tram on Marquam Hill. Full story »

September 23, 2010, 6:33AM

Gary Dye writes: Let the mayor hold a contest for anyone who can make the Marquam Bridge artsy. ... Let them propose a color scheme for the bridge's support columns, or tack on some weird metal shapes, or even drape some orange fabric from it -- anything that can show how a beautifully engineered structure can also be visually appealing for the right-brainers. Full story »

September 30, 2009, 8:12AM

A crash that temporarily closed Interstate 5 on the Marquam Bridge in the heart of the morning commute caused a train reaction of stop-and-go traffic jams extending to Oregon 217 and U.S. 26. Full story »